Identifying tag for umbrellas



E. L. GAINES. IDENTIFYING TAG FOR UMBRELLAS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25.1921.

' Patented Feb. 21; 1922 gnvenfoz UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

ERNEST L. GAINES, or SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

IDENTIFYING TAG ron UMBREL A;

I Application filed. July 25, '1921. Serial 1T0. 487,344.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that ERNIST L. GAiNns,a citi- -zen of the United States andresiding at' Seattle, in the county of King and State of .Washington,has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Identifying TagsforUmbrellas, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to .an identification tag designed primarily tobe secured to the rod of an umbrella or the like whereby the umbrella issuitably marked with the owners umbrella rod, the clips being readilyremovable in order that the tag may be readily applied to successiveumbrellas as desired.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a View in elevation illustrating theapplication of the improved tag.

Figure 2 is an enlarged broken elevation of the rod, showing the tag inposition.

Figures 3 and 4 are plan and sectional views respectively of the tagproper.

Figure 5. is an edge view of the clip.

This improved tag comprises a transparent section 1 capable of beingreadily rolled and having a width slightly exceeding the circumferentiallength of the umbrella rod 2. A. marking section 3, such as a piece ofpaper, fabric or the like is marked with the desired data, as the nameand address of the owner, and is applied to the transparent section 1,'by arranging the fabric strip beneath the transparent section with oneedge of the strip coinciding with a- Sp'ecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb, 21, 1922.

similar edge of the transparent section, and secured thereto by abinding 4, of metal or other substance also adapted toact as astiffener. The clips 6 are fastened to the metal strip byrivets asshown, or may be fastened in any other convenient way, and the clipsused may have other forms as could obviously be used to adapt particularmaterials to use and reduce the cost' of manufacture, without exceedingthe scope of the invention. The: increased thickness of the edge of thetap provided by the metal binding strip insuresa more effective grippingof the clips, as will be apparent.

It is apparent that the tag as a whole will be readily and convenientlyapplied to the umbrella and may in the event of its use being desiredwith another umbrel1a,'be conveniently removed as an entirety by simplyopening the clips, and reapplying to the new use.

What I claim is An umbrella tag, comprising a flexible transparentsection,.a marked fabric section, a binding strip having one edgeoverturned adapted to receive one edge of the transparent section andthe fabric section and hold said sections rigid therewith, thetransparent section being longer than the fabric section, and securingstrips secured to the binding strip at the end portions, whereby whenthe tag is applied to an umbrella rod the fabric strip will encirclesaid rod, the free edge of the transparent section will extend under thebinding strip and be held in position thereby, and the securing stripswillextend around the rod over the edges of the transparent and fabricsections and the ends secured'together for securing the parts to theumbrella rod.

In testimony whereof I afiix m si nature.

' ERNEST L. A ES.

